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This is basically blogspam. The original Scientific American article, also from 2015, seems like a much better submission: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com
by jsnell 4y ago
This is basically blogspam. The original Scientific American article, also from 2015, seems like a much better submission:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-culture-pulsar-origin-story-of-joy-division-s-unknown-pleasures-album-cover-video/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-culture-p...
- dewey 4y agoUsually I'd agree, but I wouldn't call the Kottke post (The blog that just had it's 25th birthday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35163193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35163193) blog spam, even if just for the fact that it's more pleasant to read than the scientificamerican.com version with ads, cookie banners and newsletter signup modals.
- SiempreViernes 4y agoIndeed, not only does it show the original plots, it also features an interview with the creator! Much better than this blog that simply quotes a bit of an article without adding anything itself.
- ttepasse 4y agokottke.org is a 25 year old blog which links to interesting stuff on the internet. You’re criticising it for something it does not do.
- thombat 4y agoI understood the criticism to be of submitting the kottke link rather than "dereferencing" it to get to the original full article it excerpts.
- dang 4y agoKottke is a special case but yes - changed from https://kottke.org/15/02/the-origin-of-the-joy-divisions-unknown-pleasures-album-cover-art https://kottke.org/15/02/the-origin-of-the-joy-divisions-unk... now.